Hunky singer Danyl Johnson from Arborfield has already proved he's got the X factor when Simon Cowell said he was the best he'd ever heard.

The popular singing contest started last night on ITV and Danyl, 27, from Arborfield, wowed judges and 2,000 fans at the London auditions with a rocky version of The Beatles' With A Little Help From My Friends.

Judge Louis Walsh said, "Thank God you came in", while Mr Nasty Simon Cowell said: "That was single-handedly the best first audition I have ever heard.

"I think he could be one of the best contestants we have ever had."

It is believed the teacher, a former Starmaker pupil, made it through to the boot camp stages.